Tool-holding attachment for plows.



G. PETERSEN.

TOOL HOLDING ATTAGHMENT FOR PLOWS.

APPLIGATION FILED FEB. 19, 1914.

Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

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CLARENCE PETERSEN", OF LUDING-TON, MICHIGAN.

TOOL-IFIIOLZDIN' Z ATTACHMENT FOR Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 19, 1914. Serial No. 819,797.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE PETERSEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ludington, in the county of Mason, State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tool-Holding Attachments for Flows; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in tool holders, and particularly to devices for holding and supporting tools at convenient points on plows.

The principal object is to provide a simple device for attachment to the beam of the plow, which can be quickly and easily attached to or detached from the beam and which will effectively support a tool, such as a wrench, so that the wrench will be in convenient reach when needed.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of my tool holder attached to a fragment of a plow beam. Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation, the beam being in section. Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view on the line of Fig. 1.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings, 10 represents a portion of a plow beam, and disposed on opposite sides of the beam are the elongated spring metal plates 11, portions of them extending below the beam and having passed therethrough a bolt 12, a nut 13 being engaged on the opposite end to clamp the plates tightly against the beam. The portions of the plates above the beam being formed with the offset portions 1 1 which result in the shoulders 15. These shoulders 15 rest on the upper side of the beam, and the portions 1a extend vertically in approximate parallel relation in the form of a resilient finger.

Engaged over the upper ends 14 and restmg on the shoulders 15 is a ring 16, this ring holding the upper portions of themembers 11 so that the shoulders will be held tightly in engagement with the upper side of the beam, and the plates as a whole held against disengagement from the beam. A tool such as the wrench 17 is engaged between the upper ends 14, and by reason of the great resiliency of these fingers, the wrench will be securely held. The upper ends of the fingers are curved outward slightly to facilitate the introduction of the tool therebetween, and below these outturned portions the fingers are bent inward slightly to form the rounded shoulders 18 to engage above the tool and prevent upward movement of the tool.

By pinching the fingers 14- together, the ring 16 may be quickly slipped therefrom and by then flexing the plates 11 away from the beam, the device may be quickly slipped from the beam. In applying the device to the beam, it is only necessary to slightly spread the fingers to permit the beam to enter therebetween and then force the same upwardly until the shoulders 15 snap over the beam. The ring 16 is then engaged over the fingers to serve as a guard to prevent the fingers being spread apart by the tool to such an extent that the tool would not be properly held.

Fromthe foregoing, it will readily be seen that I have provided a simple device for holding a tool, particularly a wrench, on the beam of a plow, the wrench being heldso that the same is always within convenient reach of the operator for immediate use. The common practice is to leave the wrench on the ground or on the fence at one part of the field, and when the wrench is needed, the plow is generally at the greatest dis tance from the wrench, necessitating the loss of time consumed in crossing the field to obtain the wrench. With the device described, the wrench is always in convenient reach of the farmer and will be right at hand when needed.

Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

What is claimed is: spring fingers above the support and in the A tool holder comprising a pair of spring plane of the shoulders. 13 fingers arranged on opposite sides of a sup- In testimony whereof, I affix my signaport and extending above and below the ture, in the presence of two Witnesses.

5 support, a shoulder formed on each of the CLARENCE PETERSEN.

fingers and resting on the support, a clamp- VVitnesses: ing means disposed through'the fingers be- C. HAGERMAN, low the support, and a ring embracing the EMIL NEWBERG.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of lEatents,

Washington, D. C. 

